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Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.191.315  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Soci…
J. Griswold family, probably Windsor.
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.191.315 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

J. Griswold family, probably Windsor.

Date1880-1890
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 6 5/16 x 8 11/16in. (16 x 22cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionThree women and two men in front of a Greek revival house with an addition at the side and a bay window. Both men are elderly. One is formally dressed and seated on a bench, holding a cane. A woman in a dark dress sits beside him. The second man stands apart at the right, is very short and may be African American. The other two women stand behind the bench. One of them wears a plaid shawl. A picket fence is in the immediate foreground. Inscribed on back: "Poquonnock toward Sand" "Burned - was across from Fuller's Filling Station."
Object number2000.191.315
NotesConstituent Note: Some photographs in this collection bear the imprint of the Northern Survey Company.
On View
Not on view
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Northern Survey Company
1880-1890
Museum purchase, 1986.159.0  © 2002 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Kellogg & Comstock
1850-1851
Shakers, Their Mode of Worship.
D. W. Kellogg & Co.
1830-1840
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.191.183  © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Soci…
Northern Survey Company
1880-1890
Museum purchase, 1995.36.579  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
William G. Dudley
1916-1927
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.191.430  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Soci…
Northern Survey Company
1880-1890
1986.174.2   © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
before 1892
Camp Meeting.
Kelloggs & Comstock
1848-1850